Improvement in steam feed-cookers



L. WROTH.

Steam Feed-Cooker.

' No. 200,237. Patented Feb. 12, I878.

WITNESSES; T @Q Mam/ 076 Q A/QMS/ N. PETERS, PHOTO LITNOGRAPHEE,WASHINGTON.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LAFAYETTE WROTE, OF WINTERSET, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OE TWO-THIRDS HIS RIGHT TOGEORGE W. KIRBYAND LEWIS THORNBURG, OF SAME PLACE.

.IMPROVEMENT IN STEAM FEED- CO OKERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 200,237, dated February12, 1878; application filed December 13, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAFAYETTE WROTE, of Winterset, county of Madison,and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFeed-Cookers, of which the following is a clear, full, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making apart of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view ofa feedcooker with my improvements attached, and Fig. 2 a'longitudinalvertical section.

This invention relates to improvements in steam feed-cookers; and theinvention consists in the general construction and arrangement of parts,as will be hereinafter fully described.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe the exact manner in which I have carried it out.

In the drawings, A represents a cast-iron base, forming a furnace,supported upon the legs a, and having in one end a perforated door, a,for securing a draft to the furnace. B B represent two sections of agrate, hinged together, the rear portion B being supported upon'the sidecleats b b of the furnace. crepresents a lever, having one end securedaround the hinge of the two sections of the grate, and its opposite endpassing out through the front side of the furnace, and by means of whichthe fire in the furnace can be well shaken or stirred up. The back orrear side of the furnace is provided with a flue, O, which passeslongitudinally through the boiler D, arranged on top ofthe furnace, forconducting heat through the boiler, thereby allowing the Water in theboiler to be subjected to the heat direct from the furnace, and also theproducts of combustion.

E represents the smoke-flue, provided with a perforated spark-arrester,e. The boiler, on its front end, is provided with two tubes, d d. Thetube d is for the purpose of drawing the water out of the boiler, andthe tube 61 to represent a water-gage.

The top of the boiler is provided with a safety-valve, F, and two largetubes, G G. The tube G is for the purpose of attaching a rubber hose forconducting the steam to the feed-tank or barrel, and the tube G forfilling the boiler, and to which a steam-whistle, H, is applied forcalling the animals when desired. The rear end of the boiler is alsoprovided wi th a tube, I, which can also be connected with a steamfeed-tank, if desired. The furnace is also provided with handles J J onits sides, for convenience in carrying.

Having thus explained my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The hereinbeforedescribed steam feed-cooker,consisting of the furnace'A, with sectional hinged grate and lever,boiler D, with tubes d d G G I, safety-valve F, flue G, passing entirelythrough the boiler, and provided with the smoke-stack andspark-condenser E e, the several parts constructed and relativelyarranged to operate substantially as and for the purpose-set forth.

LAFAYETTE WROTH.

Witnesses:

O. F. BOTH, F. L. WHEDoN.

